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Plugins / Re: Track Previewer

« on: March 18, 2018, 06:56:35 AM »

Additionally, when previewing a track I think it would be even better to add an additional offset that would read, for example "middle of track", which would be fixed and you would only have to choose the duration. Having three different sections (beginning, middle, ending) would actually give a much better insight into what a track is all about when previewing it.

I understand the developer's goal - simulate the preview like iTunes and a bonus would be to do the same at the end.

In my case I am looking for something that will span a 1-2hr radio show where I want to preview throughout quickly (without manually moving the pointer). Years ago I simulated this with a macro and WinAmp.

Create a macro that will cover an hour show (and another for two hours):
- Invoking the macro will pause x seconds (which is the time to PLAY the music say 30-60s)
- It will then jump ahead y minutes of the track
- Repeat z iterations (say a total of 5 for 1hr/10 for 2hrs)

For the macro - AUTOHOTKEY (open source); for MusicBee I don't see any way to advance the song with cursor keys (odd; would be nice to mimic the same key combos as VLC - with "shift/ctrl/alt"+left/right versions being a different time jump  amount)

Alternative with MusicBee (albeit more work) would be to create cue sheets; MusicBee does have key combos to jump to the next track. For music I listen to a lot, I have a python script to quickly create cuesheets (across a year) - that way if I am in the car or walking and want to skip ahead I just go to the next track (otherwise it is one giant 2 hour program and I jump to the next program).

Neutron Music Player for Android (just a user) is amazing; he has a database which loads cue sheets to separate the tracks and not only that - you can FLAC your collection and it auto-decodes (FLAC+CUE).

belly

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Questions / Suggestion/Switch - Help with Recents (but not library based)

« on: January 29, 2017, 08:10:04 PM »

I replaced WinAmp with MusicBee over 8+ mths ago. I understand the library concept but is there (or ever will be) a way to see what you played recently that was not part of the library?

I download music - I play over a network - I never "add to library". I go into the Playlists - recently played and see nothing. Unless there is a switch I am missing, I just feel it would be nice to see, in order, what I have played recently - and being better than windows - not 'last 10' but last ... MANY.

If no switch then a new playlist of 'Recently Played not in Library" would be a concept and that would help with not cluttering up a recent that is part of the library

FWIW.

Thanks

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Questions / Problems resuming over the Network

« on: January 29, 2017, 07:50:06 PM »

Version: 3.0.6067

Searched for "resume network" (no hits)

I tend to listen to long programs (1-2hr radio shows) and resume tends to work fine - it remembers where it left off after a reboot. Most of my music though is over the network (multiple Win10 Pro machines).

Issues occur if my machine is SLEEPING and I awake and resume (pressing play manually). The app will play part of the song (what is in buffer) then either restarts or jumps to the next track.  Similar to what this individual says.

From a technical PoV - there is an interrupt in the network connection so MusicBee I assume skips to the next track/song or restarts.

Suggestion - that MusicBee keeps track where it is (writing somewhere) and in the case of a network break attempt to reconnect and continue where it left off. My car has a USB music player - their technique is to constantly write back to the USB device so that upon restart the unit knows where it was and continues (I know this fact since they say never disconnect when playing - if I do the USB becomes scrambled - songs won't play all of a sudden - which would never happen in a READ ONLY capacity).

Annoying but not the end of the world - just have to manually repoint but sometimes you are not watching where it was and you end up re-listening to stuff.

Alternative is to migrate the music to the local machine but in an age of "disc-less laptops", "networks", and "clouds" - that is no longer viable.

thanks
belly